<descriptor thcode="1"><thesaurus thcode="1" name="Common geographic areas" scope="Names and identifiers of commonly-known geographic areas including oceans, continents, countries, states and provinces in North America, counties in the United States, USGS map quadrangles, and hydrologic units, nested and cross-referenced by overlap." creator="U.S. Geological Survey" rights="Public domain" edition="1.0" date="2002-03-21" codetype="alpha" prefix="geo" uri="http://www.usgs.gov/science/CommonGeographicAreas" tblname="geo" nonpref="geonp" relterm="geort" root_code="root" contact="pschweitzer"><category><term thcode="25" code="13" name="transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms have an &quot;is a&quot; relationship with their broader terms, and generally can be described as part-of, type-of, or instance-of the broader term."/><term thcode="25" code="30" name="ambiguous labels" parent="26" scope="A given preferred label may be used for more than one concept in the thesaurus. A concept must be specified using its unique identifier (code). This may occur in the names of places or people."/><term thcode="25" code="4" name="place" parent="2" scope="Terms indicate extent in space, typically by reference as the names of geographic areas known from information that is stored elsewhere."/><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/><term thcode="25" code="13" name="transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms have an &quot;is a&quot; relationship with their broader terms, and generally can be described as part-of, type-of, or instance-of the broader term."/><term thcode="25" code="30" name="ambiguous labels" parent="26" scope="A given preferred label may be used for more than one concept in the thesaurus. A concept must be specified using its unique identifier (code). This may occur in the names of places or people."/><term thcode="25" code="4" name="place" parent="2" scope="Terms indicate extent in space, typically by reference as the names of geographic areas known from information that is stored elsewhere."/><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/></category><altlabel><altlabel>Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4</altlabel><altlabel>Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4</altlabel><altlabel>CommonGeographicAreas</altlabel><altlabel>CommonGeographicAreas</altlabel></altlabel></thesaurus><term thcode="1" code="f26111" name="Midland" parent="fUS26" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS26" name="Michigan" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS" name="United States" parent="fLD10" scope="country"/><term thcode="1" code="fLD10" name="North America" parent="fLD" scope="continent"/><term thcode="1" code="fLD" name="Land" parent="root" scope="continent"/><term thcode="1" code="root" name="Earth" scope="Common geographic areas focused on the US"/></bt><rt><term thcode="1" code="q44086NED3" name="Alamando" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086SE" name="Alma" parent="q44086" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NEF3" name="Averill" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086SEE1" name="Breckenridge" parent="q44086SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NED2" name="Coleman" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NEE2" name="Edenville" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NEG2" name="Estey" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NEE4" name="Floyd" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NEF4" name="Gordonville" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086SEG1" name="Hemlock" parent="q44086SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NEF2" name="Hope" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p927" name="Isabella Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="h04080102" name="Kawkawlin-Pine" parent="h040801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086SEF1" name="Merrill" parent="q44086SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NE" name="Midland" parent="q44086" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NEG3" name="Midland North" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NEG4" name="Midland South" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h04080202" name="Pine" parent="h040802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NED4" name="Pleasant Valley" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086SED1" name="Saint Louis" parent="q44086SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086NEE3" name="Sanford" parent="q44086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h04080203" name="Shiawassee" parent="h040802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h04080201" name="Tittabawassee" parent="h040802" scope="hydrologic unit"/></rt></descriptor>